Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!kksys!wd0gol!rathe!ian From: ian@rathe.cs.umn.edu (Ian Hogg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: X11 display server for HP9000 SRX ?? Keywords: x11,srx,hp9000 Message-ID: <1991Apr25.140138.3716@rathe.cs.umn.edu> Date: 25 Apr 91 14:01:38 GMT References: Organization: Rathe, Inc. Lines: 34 In article sysrick@cfht.hawaii.edu (Rick McGonegal) writes: >We are taking a lot of flak from our user base lately due to the poor response >of our GUI. After looking into it we have found, for our most complicated form, >the following statistics: > > System A: System B: >code executes on: HP9000/835 32 Mb RAM same >display server HP9000/825 16 Mb RAM, SRX HP9000/340 8 Mb RAM >form "popup" time 15 seconds 5 seconds > >This would seem to indicate a factor of three performance penalty in using an >800 with SRX over a vanilla 340 ?? [the code reads a lot of files each time >which explains the 4-5 seconds] > Not necessarily. Since you are using remote displays you have to account for possible delays in the networking. Also, how many users/processes are running on the 825? It is a multi-user or some kind of server machine? >Is there any one else out on the net with experience in this area - i.e. running >X11 on an SRX display? Is there, perhaps, an X11 display server optimized for >the SRX? > >any help, comments would be appreciated. > >thanks in advance >rick mcgonegal >CFHT Corp. -- Ian Hogg email: rathe!ian@cs.umn.edu ...!umn-cs!rathe!ian Rathe, Inc ianhogg@cs.umn.edu 366 Jackson Street phone: (612) 225-1401